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The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

★ 8.3 / 1016 ratingsTV show

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Popularity 5.9

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Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

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RELEASE DATE2022-09-18

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Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator (voice)

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Daniel MendelsohnSelf

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Peter HayesSelf

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Deborah LipstadtSelf

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Guy SternSelf

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Daniel GreeneSelf

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Rebecca ErbeldingSelf

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Eva GeiringerSelf

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Sol MessingerSelf

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Nell Irvin PainterSelf

Timothy SnyderSelf

Adam ArkinSelf (voice)

Murphy GuyerSelf (voice)

Carolyn McCormickSelf (voice)

Joe MortonSelf (voice)

Matthew RhysSelf (voice)

Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)

Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)

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Ken BurnsProducer Lynn NovickProducer Mike WeltProducer Sarah BotsteinProducer

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2 episodes · First aired 2022-09-08

E01

The Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today 2022-09-08 · 57 min

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Madlin Sadler discuss the Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today. Moderated by Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief washington correspondent.

E02

The Holocaust and Authoritarianism Today 2022-09-15 · 64 min

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Michael Abramowitz discuss the Holocaust and authoritarianism today. Moderated by Julia Ioffe, Puck News.

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3 episodes · First aired 2022-09-18 · ★ 8.0 Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

E01

The Golden Door (Beginnings — 1938) 2022-09-18 · 129 min

Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.

★ 8.0

E02

Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 — 1942) 2022-09-20 · 138 min

As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

★ 8.0

E03

The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 — ) 2022-09-21 · 131 min

A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.

★ 8.0